For the original 6, you've also got Solid Snake, Faye Valentine, Morgan (Darkstalkers), Yoko (Gurren Lagann), Chun Li and a Sailor Scout (I'm not clear which one, though I assume Mars because of connection to fire...)

For the original 6, you've also got Solid Snake, Faye Valentine, Morgan (Darkstalkers), Yoko (Gurren Lagann), Chun Li and a Sailor Scout (I'm not clear which one, though I assume Mars because of connection to fire...)

For DS Fiametta I figured Pluto due to the staff, but yeah the skill set is more Mars.

My assumption on the DS Novitiates are the sailor scouts. The costumes seem to match them much closer to my eye, and the theme makes sense given that Novitiates are originally Doctrine, like Fiametta, whose Darkspace version is definitely a sailor scout (I believe ability wise people felt she was a good fit for Sailor Mars, but it was felt that the costume matched Sailor Pluto better due to the staff)

The literal translation for "musume" is "daughter". The concept of mecha musume isn't really a concrete thing. It's been around a long time really. The best definition I can think of is really anything that combines light to moderate moe with mecha themes. So it really covers a pretty wide range of stuff.

Let me show you how it began. The Mobile Suit Girls back in '82. As the inspiration for the very concept of mecha musume, they're probably the ones to go to for an idea of the concept. Other examples include the aforementioned Kantai Collection (where everyone is a WWII-era war ship and also a moe anime girl) and Kotobukiya's Frame Arms Girl model kit series. Folks interested in real-life military hardware can find plenty of mecha musume versions of almost every major military vehicle if they hit Google hard enough.

Let me show you how it began. The Mobile Suit Girls back in '82. As the inspiration for the very concept of mecha musume, they're probably the ones to go to for an idea of the concept. Other examples include the aforementioned Kantai Collection (where everyone is a WWII-era war ship and also a moe anime girl) and Kotobukiya's Frame Arms Girl model kit series. Folks interested in real-life military hardware can find plenty of mecha musume versions of almost every major military vehicle if they hit Google hard enough.

Neat.

Granted I could of googled but then I'd miss out on little history lessons like this.